Current News Articles (2):
FWS Environ. Assessment - Mute Swan/Atlantic Flyway - Can We Send United Response? (Ornithology listserv - 07/05/03): In response to the release of the draft Mute Swan EA, William J. Sladen, director of the Swan Research Program in Warrenton, Virginia, proposes that the SRP join forces with the American Bird Conservatory and the Ornithological Council in preparing "a united scientific statement" on the management of Mute Swans.
http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/ORNL.html#1057423243
Readers' Views (Annapolis [Maryland] Capital - 07/05/03): In a letter entitled "Too Many People," Kecia Wynne argues that it is humans, not Mute Swans, who are "invasive" and responsible for the problems confonting the Chesapeake Bay.
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/live/07_05-05/OPN
Thursday, July 03, 2003
Current News Articles (3):
Mute Swan Extermination May be On Again (WJZ.com [Baltimore, Maryland] - 07/03/03): The headline for this 4-paragraph story is attention-grabbing but, unfortunately, quite misleading.
http://wjz.com/localstories/local_story_184181235.html
Swan Slaughter Given Go-Ahead (Washington [D.C.] Post - 07/03/03): This 13-paragraph article by Anita Huslin includes quotes from Maryland DNR deputy secretary Michael Slattery, USFWS assistant director Paul Schmidt, and Save Our Swans USA president Kathryn Burton.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1155-2003Jul2.html
State May Resume Killing Mute Swans to Save Bay (Annapolis [Maryland] Capital - 07/03/03): This story by Jessica R. Towhey notes that the State of Maryland could resume killing Mute Swans as early as this month if a proposal released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is approved. This 17-paragraph article includes quotes from USFWS assistant director Paul Schmidt, Maryland DNR associate director Jonathon McKnight, and Gerald Winegrad of the American Bird Conservancy.
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2003/07_03-39/TOP
Mute Swan Extermination May be On Again (WJZ.com [Baltimore, Maryland] - 07/03/03): The headline for this 4-paragraph story is attention-grabbing but, unfortunately, quite misleading.
http://wjz.com/localstories/local_story_184181235.html
Swan Slaughter Given Go-Ahead (Washington [D.C.] Post - 07/03/03): This 13-paragraph article by Anita Huslin includes quotes from Maryland DNR deputy secretary Michael Slattery, USFWS assistant director Paul Schmidt, and Save Our Swans USA president Kathryn Burton.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1155-2003Jul2.html
State May Resume Killing Mute Swans to Save Bay (Annapolis [Maryland] Capital - 07/03/03): This story by Jessica R. Towhey notes that the State of Maryland could resume killing Mute Swans as early as this month if a proposal released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is approved. This 17-paragraph article includes quotes from USFWS assistant director Paul Schmidt, Maryland DNR associate director Jonathon McKnight, and Gerald Winegrad of the American Bird Conservancy.
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2003/07_03-39/TOP
Wednesday, July 02, 2003
Current News Articles (8):
Save Maryland’s Swans Action Alert (Save Maryland’s Swans - 07/02/03): This action from SMS notes the release by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of the draft Mute Swan environmental assessment and encourages people opposed to the preferred alternative to send comments to the USFWS “in support of the survival of the Mute Swan.”
http://www.savemarylandswans.org/alert070203.htm
Federal Ruling Favors Md. Plan to Shoot Swans (Baltimore [Maryland] Sun - 07/02/03): This 17-paragraph story by Dennis O’Brien includes quotes from USFWS assistant director Paul Schmidt, Maryland DNR biologist Michael Slattery, Friends of Animals president Priscilla Feral, and Maryland landowner and lawsuit plaintiff Patrick Hornberger.
http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/bal-swans0703,0,2686793.story?coll=bal-local-headlines
City Spotlight (Melrose [Massachusetts] Free Press - 07/02/03 [NOTE: Scroll half-way down page for swan item]: After a tragedy last year, a pair of Mute Swans on Melrose’s Ell Pond has produced two cygnets. “Bird watchers will tell you this . . . [is] an invasive species, but it’s hard not to like those fluffy critters [the cygnets]. Just remember -- they are wild animals, not toys, and they have a very protective father, so it’s best to enjoy them from a distance. And, don’t feed them!”
http://www.townonline.com/melrose/news/opinion/mfp_colmfspot07022003.htm
Feds Propose to Resume Mute Swan Kill (WBAL [Baltimore, Maryland - 07/02/03): This 4-paragraph story attributed to the Associated Press notes that, under a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal, States could resume killing Mute Swans as early as August and that “the goal is to reduce the number of Mute Swans in 17 Atlantic Coast states from 14,000 to fewer than 3,000 during the next 10 years or so.” [In fact, the number is about 4,675.--Ed.]
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/2308222/detail.html
USFWS Issues Draft Env. Assessment on Mute Swan Management, Requests Comments (Ornithology listserv - 07/02/03): Ellen Paul, executive director of The Ornithological Council, posts a copy of the Federal Register notice of availability in its entirely.
http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/ORNL.html#1057155139
Draft Environmental Assessment of the Management of Mute Swans in the Atlantic Flyway (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - 07/02/03): This EA on management of Mute Swans in the Atlantic Flyway assess four alternatives: no action, the proposed action of lethal control, egg addling, and non-lethal control techniques only. Includes links to 4 appendices, inlcuding the Maryland Mute Swan Management Plan and the draft Atlantic Flyway Mute Swan Management Plan.
http://migratorybirds.fws.gov/issues/muteswan/swanea2003.pdf
Service Releases Draft Environmental Assessment of the Management of Mute Swans in the Atlantic Flyway (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - 07/02/03): Announcement of the availability for public comment of an EA on management of Mute Swans that assesses four alternatives: no action, the proposed action of lethal control, egg addling, and non-lethal control techniques only. Includes Q&A’s about Mute Swans and the proposed action.
http://news.fws.gov/newsreleases/r9/60852176-860B-43E8-A08C6F67FA01192B.html
http://migratorybirds.fws.gov/issues/muteswan/q&a%27s.htm
Draft Environmental Assessment on Management of Mute Swans in the Atlantic Flyway (Federal Register - 07/02/03): The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces the availability of this EA and requests public comments, which are due by 07/16/03.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2003/03-16699.htm
Save Maryland’s Swans Action Alert (Save Maryland’s Swans - 07/02/03): This action from SMS notes the release by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of the draft Mute Swan environmental assessment and encourages people opposed to the preferred alternative to send comments to the USFWS “in support of the survival of the Mute Swan.”
http://www.savemarylandswans.org/alert070203.htm
Federal Ruling Favors Md. Plan to Shoot Swans (Baltimore [Maryland] Sun - 07/02/03): This 17-paragraph story by Dennis O’Brien includes quotes from USFWS assistant director Paul Schmidt, Maryland DNR biologist Michael Slattery, Friends of Animals president Priscilla Feral, and Maryland landowner and lawsuit plaintiff Patrick Hornberger.
http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/bal-swans0703,0,2686793.story?coll=bal-local-headlines
City Spotlight (Melrose [Massachusetts] Free Press - 07/02/03 [NOTE: Scroll half-way down page for swan item]: After a tragedy last year, a pair of Mute Swans on Melrose’s Ell Pond has produced two cygnets. “Bird watchers will tell you this . . . [is] an invasive species, but it’s hard not to like those fluffy critters [the cygnets]. Just remember -- they are wild animals, not toys, and they have a very protective father, so it’s best to enjoy them from a distance. And, don’t feed them!”
http://www.townonline.com/melrose/news/opinion/mfp_colmfspot07022003.htm
Feds Propose to Resume Mute Swan Kill (WBAL [Baltimore, Maryland - 07/02/03): This 4-paragraph story attributed to the Associated Press notes that, under a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal, States could resume killing Mute Swans as early as August and that “the goal is to reduce the number of Mute Swans in 17 Atlantic Coast states from 14,000 to fewer than 3,000 during the next 10 years or so.” [In fact, the number is about 4,675.--Ed.]
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/2308222/detail.html
USFWS Issues Draft Env. Assessment on Mute Swan Management, Requests Comments (Ornithology listserv - 07/02/03): Ellen Paul, executive director of The Ornithological Council, posts a copy of the Federal Register notice of availability in its entirely.
http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/ORNL.html#1057155139
Draft Environmental Assessment of the Management of Mute Swans in the Atlantic Flyway (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - 07/02/03): This EA on management of Mute Swans in the Atlantic Flyway assess four alternatives: no action, the proposed action of lethal control, egg addling, and non-lethal control techniques only. Includes links to 4 appendices, inlcuding the Maryland Mute Swan Management Plan and the draft Atlantic Flyway Mute Swan Management Plan.
http://migratorybirds.fws.gov/issues/muteswan/swanea2003.pdf
Service Releases Draft Environmental Assessment of the Management of Mute Swans in the Atlantic Flyway (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - 07/02/03): Announcement of the availability for public comment of an EA on management of Mute Swans that assesses four alternatives: no action, the proposed action of lethal control, egg addling, and non-lethal control techniques only. Includes Q&A’s about Mute Swans and the proposed action.
http://news.fws.gov/newsreleases/r9/60852176-860B-43E8-A08C6F67FA01192B.html
http://migratorybirds.fws.gov/issues/muteswan/q&a%27s.htm
Draft Environmental Assessment on Management of Mute Swans in the Atlantic Flyway (Federal Register - 07/02/03): The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces the availability of this EA and requests public comments, which are due by 07/16/03.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2003/03-16699.htm
Monday, June 30, 2003
Current News Articles (1):
No Swans Hatching: Manlius Worried (Syracuse [New York] Post-Standard - 06/30/03): Staff writer Mike Fish reports that officials of Manlius, New York, are worred that a pair of Mute Swans--the stately symbols of this 190-year-old village--is not reproducing, causing a hiatus in the village’s adopt-a-swan program.
http://www.syracuse.com/news/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1056962132261661.xml
No Swans Hatching: Manlius Worried (Syracuse [New York] Post-Standard - 06/30/03): Staff writer Mike Fish reports that officials of Manlius, New York, are worred that a pair of Mute Swans--the stately symbols of this 190-year-old village--is not reproducing, causing a hiatus in the village’s adopt-a-swan program.
http://www.syracuse.com/news/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1056962132261661.xml
Sunday, June 29, 2003
Current News Articles (2):
Overall, Local Beaches Are Fine (Framingham [Massachusetts] MetroWest Daily News - 06/29/03): An exact duplicate of the article noted below.
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/local_regional/beach06292003.htm
Overall, Local Beaches Are Fine (Milford [Massachusetts] Daily News - 06/29/03): This article by staff writer Peter Reuell about water quality at local bathing beaches includes the following note: “’Our biggest problem in Framingham are geese, and lately swans,’ [Director of Public Health Robert] Cooper said. ‘The droppings cause problems. They put out many times more bacteria per gram than humans do.’”
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/local_regional/beach06292003.htm
Overall, Local Beaches Are Fine (Framingham [Massachusetts] MetroWest Daily News - 06/29/03): An exact duplicate of the article noted below.
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/local_regional/beach06292003.htm
Overall, Local Beaches Are Fine (Milford [Massachusetts] Daily News - 06/29/03): This article by staff writer Peter Reuell about water quality at local bathing beaches includes the following note: “’Our biggest problem in Framingham are geese, and lately swans,’ [Director of Public Health Robert] Cooper said. ‘The droppings cause problems. They put out many times more bacteria per gram than humans do.’”
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/local_regional/beach06292003.htm
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